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Pag* Four
THE MEftCftR CLUSTER
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December 18, 1984
BIG SHAGGY DOG
FRIGHTENS FROSH
BROWN FROM BED
St. Bernard Resembles Grizzly to
' . - Student in Cenic Hours
By Julian Upshaw
He was tired and sleepy as he cau
tiously made his way up the long
Highf of stairs of. Sherwood Hall, to
his warm book in room 342, where
nice clean sheets awaited him, afford-
ihg'relief to his weary body.
He opened the door quietly. His
roommate had possibly., long since
journeyed to the land of sweet dream.
But as • he pushed open the door he
heard sounds that were somewhat Un
usual to come from a roommate. He
paused a moment to listen and think.
VVus it someone trying to scare him ?
Or was it just his roommate snoring?
And then his thoughts chanced to
stray buck to the verse he had repeat
ed on his way' to his room. CouTd it
be a bear ? • He listened more closely.
Yes, it sounded somewhat like the
growling of the real bear he had seen
once when his mother-carried him to a
zoo .in the capital’city of Georgia.
Had a real bear strayed up to his
room? Had it killed his roommate?
. Did anyone else know that .it was in
the building? What was the best
thing for him to do? By this time
Brown was so nervous and excited
that he. didn’t know what' to do.
: He collected his thoughts to the ex
tent of investigation to see whether it-
was a bear .or not. He quietly slipped
to : turn on the light, leaving the door
behind him wide open,' for in case
anything happened he must have fin
easy exit. '
But the light was gone! However,
he could easily see his bed because of
the reflection that came down' with
the compliments of “The Man in the
Moon.”
There on his bed lay a bear, not one
of those Mercer bears who play' such
havoc with Indians, snakes, alligators
arid the like, out on Alumni.. Field.
One of these wouldn’t have been so
bad, but a real grizzly bear— —1 ,
Freshman W. W. Brown trembled
with, fright. In fact he trembled with
such force that, the vibrations caused
a bottle of ink near the edge of a
table to fall, off with such a crash
that the poor Fresh wondered if the
whole building was not. falling in.
With this the huge animal raised
his head and seeing Brown, sheep
ishly crawled from the bed and out
the door.
" “Or it’s just an old dog.” grunted
Brown as he grabbed a chair which
he threw at the retreating canine.
And then a burst of laughter was
heard from - the hail as a gang of
upperclassmen rushed into his room,
for it was they who had planned that
Brown should have as a bedfellow for
that night a St. Bernard dog, half as
big as a man, which has inhabted the
campus of late. ■ ’. '■ ■■
Smith Will Report For
Cage Practice Monday
“Crook” Smith, who has been kept
from reporting-for basketball practice
for the past week or so on account of
injuries received in the Mercer-Ogle-
thorpe football game; will be able to
start practice Monday night, accord
ing to reports from the athletic de
partment. It was thought that Smith
would be unable to don the Orange
and Black indoar uniforms before
. Christmas, and. his, absence has been
sorely missed.
Smith is counted as oiie of the most
brilliant. court performers in the
South, and-local fans have been not a
little worried oyer the fact that he
' would be possibly unable to play for
quite a while. Smith has been out be
cause of injuries for some time now.
.having had three libs broken in the
last football games of his career.
Lanier Granade to be
Next Year’s Manager
W. L. Grenade, of Statesboro, has
been elected head football manager
foe the next year, at the last meeting
4»f the Mthtatfe board of control, it was
announced a few days ago. Jimmie
Kiddle, of Cohunboa, will act aa Ms
assistant next year in managing the
terrible Grizzlies. Grenade has hasp
Students Organize Tobacco
Cbawen Association Here
Students, get out your umbrellas
and your raincoats!
For with. a new and distinctively
unique organization now formed on
the campus these articles may come in
handy-in the future. Aa on outgrowth
of the Farmers’ Overall Union, which
we formed qn the campus last year,
there has been. produced another club
at Mercer which .is to be known by
the elevating and cultured cognomen
of “Tobacco Chawers’ Association,”
according to information received by
the Cluster from , a special dispatch
written.by the Farmer Hall Press
Association.’
According to officials who are very
quietly forming this, club, it is to be
one of the most unusual and uplifting
organizations at Mercer, barring none
—not even,the ministerial association.
Despite the fact, that tobacco has
been known as a filthy weed, students
worshiping at the shrine of Lady
Nicotine have banded themselves to
gether in order that an indissoluble
and perfect union might be formed on
the campus and in order that a spirit
of brotherhood can be instilled .into
the membera of the new club who pur
pose to enlist into , its fold.
Universal Custom
The purpose of the organization is
to. enable students using tobacco to
obtain their “cut plug" from the man
ufacturers at a nominal sum. In fur
therance of this purpose, a contract
will be drawn up with the various
plug manufacturers over the country
so that the ‘Chawers Association"
may obtain all tobacco dlrqctly from
the factories.
A huge laboratory will be erected
by the association and a corps of
-chemists will be employed to manu
facture mild brands of chewing to
bacco for the Tea Hounda and the be
ginners, thus making this great art a
more, popular one among the weaker
sex.' In fact, all forms of tobacco
[NORTHERN ALUMNI
MAY BE ORGANIZED
chewing is to be encouraged upon all
occasions, and members of the new
organization hope to soon inaugurate
this delightful habit among all of the
debutantes in the college set. Flap
pers are expected to fall heartily in
line with the new movement, and have
already expressed their desire to be
come-members of the association.
A petition has been formed by the
charter members of the association
asking the University administration
for a plot of ground for the purpose
of erecting a horseshoe pitching court
where the members may receive real
experience in the nobl art of hitting
the right mark. -. ,
Membership Strict
Eligibility for- membership is very
strict, the charter members say. To
become, a full-fledged member the ap
plicant must have consumed at least
one plug of every known brand of to
bacco endorsed by the association.
Members of the association must also
consume at least one plug every two
weeks. *
An elaborate Initiation has been
planned by two of the charter mem
bers: Ike Cowart and F. B. Stow, but
the secret of the initiation have not
been divulged and all efforts of Clus
ter reporters to obtain this informa
tion was in vain. These members
stated that they had drawn up a
charter and would have the aaaocia
tion. incorporated under the acts of
tho next Congress.
The following students have been
appointed on various committees in
regard to perfecting the organisa-
tion: '
Howard Glenn Starr, “Sheik” Mad
dox, and Hooten Jordon, Membership;
Stanley T. Martin, Ka Klux Bell and
Lewis Cobh, Social; “Bed” Simmons,
Derby Snellgrove and Houston Cecil,
Vigilance.
The promoters have asked the ad
vise of Dr. J. Clay WSlker and Dr.
A. P. Montague in regard to . the Ae-
■ociation and it is rumored that they
are heartily in favor of it and are
even thinking of offering credit to-(
ward graduation lor the members Ihr-
ing up to tbs requirements of th<
J.
K. Williams Leaves on Tour
of Indiana, Kentucky and
-- T.
Romance and Drama
Is Enacted In The
Microscopic World
Life of Tiny Oii^Celled 'Animals
Proves Fascinating
Study.
. J. K. Williams, alumni secretary,
left yesterday for Indiana, Kentucky,
and Tennessee, to perfect the organi
zation of the Mercer war memorial
plan. Mar. Williams spVnt last night
T v.i : , . . ... ? i une #i uk university's nign pnwerea
in Atlanta where he met with the live ... . . „
....... | magnifying glasses at the silvan
hundred alumni there. . . .. . . ,
screen of a single drop of pond water
Movies, radio, vaudeville, ctep to
one tide. Superseding all of you in
interest and allure are the natural
sciences of Professor Carver’s Biology
department.
The why of this? No pressagenty
high hatting is necessary to explain.
One glance, one eingle glance, thru
one of the University’s high powered
1 rank D. Hooper, president of the . _ . . ...
... . - - .. will show you a drama of war, mili-
Atlanta association, presided over the
tary. encounters, destructions, and of
retary is visiting Nashville, Louisville, M
J th « m ° vle «* r * di °. •"<* vaudeville dare
meeting last night. The alumni sec-
Chattanooga and many other cities of
the South in an effort to put the Mer
cer expansion progrSm before the
alumni in these cities.
Mr. Williams will return from this
tour next Tuesday or Wednesday, it . , ... .. , .
. ' . ... ,. . . not be seen with the naked eye.
was announced, and will again take .. ,, .. . ..
. . . . ,,, ,, , . Witness, thru the medium of the
the road in behalf- of the Mercer drive
immediately after the Christmas holi
days.
not even dream.
The fliercest in looks, in fighting,
and in love-making of all the animals
known to man are thn little one-
cel|ed fellows, so small that they can
magnifying glass, the funny, though 0
tragic, end of a foolish Paramoecium,
tiny one-cellod aniS
of acid haa been *dd#drto, the/water
behind him. He senses the danker, is
panic-stricken at once. He can only
move forward and backward. He
makes the fatal choice of a rearward
move, backs directly into the acid,
and is destroyed. Nature excuses no
mistakes!
The higher, multicellular animals?.
Just a* interesting, yite, juit as Mter-
esting. Wouldn’t It tinctodre the iodine,
as it were, and piqa*‘Voter cariosity to
learn that a starfish has ten livers.
And a humble, ordinary old earth
worm has three hundred and two
(count ’em) kidneys, five pairs of
hearts, and a well developed glzsard ?
And then there la that peculiar ani
mal of the permanent grin, the clam.
His teeth (get this) are on the out
side of hie mouth.'’ A ipiaiiit situa
tion that. His digestive 4yWem ex
tends down into his foot. 1 Fr'eshmen
could have really eaten Thanksgiving
turkey if their digestive tract wen.
all the way down’to their feet. .
The prickly backed, spine covered,
cactus like blow fish clinches our ar
gument that Biology has points, gen
tlemen, points.
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V KSPER THOUGHTS
Y.M.C.A.
Edited by Alfred Pullen
Tuesday
Thought: “Somebody is-judging the
Christian religion by the precepts you
Set.”
The program was conducted by the
chorister who led a number of songs.
After the songs were sung, Joe Tarp-
lcy, pianist, g'ave a piano solo.
Buttons were awarded to those who
have attended the vesper services reg
ularly during the present term- About
sixty, of these pins were. given out.
Mr. Howard Bivins, president of the
“Y,” said that he was greatly pleased
with the attendance during the term,
and stated further that he hoped to
make it even better during the winter
term.
■ > Wednesday
Thought: Christmas—“ Tis the sea
son for kindling the fire of hospitality
in'the hall, the genial Are of charity
in the heart.”—W. Irving.
“Scotty” Young, with his trusty
“fiddle,” and “Little-bit” Pierce with
his guitar, were the entertainers at
the Wednesday night program. It
need not be said- that everybody en
joyed this program immensely.
Handsome Xmas Presents
from less than a dollar
on up ■/;
Mother, Dad, Grand**, Grandpa
and the Kids, and -Amts’ and
Uncles will afl thrill over a
Dannenberg gift.
SHOP EARLY
DJMSffG
462 Third Street
Thnraday
Thought: “I will honor Christmas
in my heart, and try to keep it all the
year.”
W. Blewster Knight, a-junior arid
ministerial student, was the speaker
Thursday night. Mr, Knight was
president of the Volunteer Band until
recently.
Typewriters
All Kinds and Prints
See Our Mercer Representative
ALFRED PULLEN
Room 214 Sherwood Hall
Scott-ParkerCtf.
Ground Floor Bibb Bldg.
Telephone 1087
S. L. Orr Co.
JEWELERS
Hotel Dempsey
Phone 4111
Mecca, Ga.
FOR PRIVATE PARTIES
■ AND BANQUETS
Oriole Dining Rooms
over Near Yolk Cafe
Mwfe by The Oawgiaaa
MERCERIANS:
Thirst knows
no season
Drink
Coca-Cola
in Bottles
i rifitto
Always delicious
fays
and Refreshing
Macon Coca-Cola
Bottling Co.
Phone 287
Nutting Floral Co,
Sny it with flowers—and any it with oars i . u
. : . ; m io i inu
Phono 1976, Night Phone S654-J 414 Second Street
MACON'S LEADING FLORISTS
T«ri!,.
SHERWOOD S. CHAPPELL.
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Workmanship
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Watch Repairing.
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